He couldn’t avoid it this offseason while at his home in Millville, N.J., where he constantly was asked if Bryce Harper would sign with Trout’s hometown Philadelphia Phillies — and if he would eventually join him.

Now, with Harper agreeing to a record-setting 13-year, $330 million pact with the Phillies on Thursday, the questions will only continue.

“You know it all comes with it … it comes up a lot,” Trout said Friday.

Trout has deflected talk about his future, but he has never outright stated or denied a desire to eventually return home to the East Coast. So the questions certainly will keep coming, with every link between the two players met with instant scrutiny.

As Trout exited the Angels’ spring training game on Thursday at Tempe Diablo Stadium, he checked his phone and saw the Harper news, texting his friend congratulations on the big deal.